Full of good intentions
Today was “budget day” in the provincial legislature. There, that’s all there is. A list of good intentions that will not cost very much money to announce, because there are bigger announcements tomorrow.
You see, this is a pre-electoral budget, which means that as long as no “promises” are made that are extravagent, the government is on safe ground. As early as tomorrow, the call should be made for the common man to step up to the bar and drink headily from the nectar of campaign promises. A nectar that is far sweeter than any budget.
Pity help the government that makes budget promises that are broken; pity help the campaigner that makes promises that are kept. Therein lies the flaw in our “system of government”. We should keep a straight face when we’re told how our their money might be spent. When all is said and done, and the report from the auditor general is tabled, the process was smoke and mirrors. Wait, one small thing; they still have kept our money.
So, another budget that isn’t worth the paper it took to print things up, although the pulp and paper industry badly needs the revenues. I’m sure there is a percentage someplace dedicated to purchases at the printing shop. By tomorrow, the process will be nothing more than fodder for someone (in a small hall before supporters) to use to make a point. So, what’s the point?
